KTLA Mobile Units 1956
In the first 3 or 4 minutes, we get to see the KTLA mobile units set up their TK30s and film cameras to cover the opening of the Capitol Records Tower. After that, there is tour of the new digs, that takes in all but the recording studios. Thanks to David Crosthwait for sending this video.
TeleTales #91…Television’s First “Live Animated” Commercial? Take a close look at these three amazing photos from early 1947. Live from NBC Studio 3H, we see a Bulova Watch commercial board with a Rube Goldberg type scene with gears and gizmos that move when cranked from behind. Notice at the top, the scroll window for copy […]
This is a companion to the just posted GE PC 25 photo from Martin Perry, which you see just below this post. I thought you may be interested in seeing the difference between the two. Notice the lifting handles on this model are above the door. On the PC 25, the handles are at the […]
Picture Parade 4…I’ll Tell You A Secret If You Promise Not To Tell This is a shot from the Control Room of CBS Studio 72 in New York…the only color facility the network had in the east. On stage, we see four RCA TK41 color cameras, but can you spot the fifth one? Yes, that’s […]
Ultra Rare Closeup…The RCA A500 Iconoscope Camera This magnificent color photo was taken in NBC Studio 3H in the early 1940s. (Be sure and see the Comment Section of this post for more pix and video.) More on the cameras in this studio in a moment, but first…let’s take a good look at this. Starting […]